As This President Tours Asia, Democracy’s Ideals Aren’t on the Agenda
Several of the leaders President Trump will encounter are either autocrats or presiding over fragile democracies. And some admire his willingness to break the rules.Read More
Why Trump’s Asia Visit Is Consequential
President Trump has embarked on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with China. Erica L. Green, the White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what’s at stake.Read More
Japan’s New Leader Faces an Early Test: Winning Over Trump
As Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks reassurance from President Trump on trade and security, she will likely play up her ties to Shinzo Abe, a mutual friend.Read More
Food Banks Brace for Growing Demand, and Putin’s New Missile Test
Plus, this year’s top Halloween costumes.Read More
Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive Supreme Court’s ‘Major Questions’ Test?
The justices used the doctrine, a judicially created method of reading statutes, to thwart several major Biden programs.Read More
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive.Read More
Javier Milei’s Party Triumphs in Argentina Midterm Election
The result, which gives Mr. Milei enough legislative support to keep his vetoes from being overturned, showed that many voters still back the president’s austerity policies.Read More
Philip Pullman Brings Lyra’s Story to a Close in ‘The Rose Field’
At 79, he is wrapping up the fantastical saga set in motion with “His Dark Materials,” while still loath to discuss how his work comments on current events.Read More
U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials
A U.S. colonel has gone public with his concern that official findings about the 2022 killing of a Palestinian American reporter were soft-pedaled to appease Israel.Read More
How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified
Melissa grew from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in a matter of hours.Read More